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Robin Hahnel
Professor of Economics
Education
Ph.D. American University, Washington D.C.,
May 1979, Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
B.A. Harvard University, Cambridge
MA, June 1968, Major: Economics
Employment History
Instructor of Mathematics, The Catholic
University of Panama, Panama City, Panama, 1968-69.
Research Assistant, Harvard Project in Quantitative
Research, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge
Massachusetts, 1970-72.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics,
American University, Washington D.C., 1973-74.
Instructor, Department of Economics, University
of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, 1974-76.
Instructor, Department of Economics, American
University, Washington D.C., 1976-79.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
American University, Washington D.C., 1979-83.
Senior Economist, Econometric Research,
Inc., Washington D.C., 1981-82.
Associate Professor, Department of Economics,
American University, Washington D.C., 1983-90.
Fulbright Senior Lecturer, Pontificia Universidad
Catolica, Lima, Peru, 1985.
Senior Visiting Economist, Banco Central
de Reserva, Lima, Peru, 1986.
Full Professor, Department of Economics,
American University, Washington D.C., 1991 to the present.
Senior Visiting Economist, Junta Central
de Planificacion (JUCEPLAN) and Universidad de Habana, Cuba, June
- August 1991.
Visiting Scholar, University of Manchester,
Manchester England, spring semester 2000.
Visiting Scholar, James Madison University
Visiting Scholars Program, spring semester 2004.
Honors and Awards
National Merit Scholarship Winner, Harvard
University, 1964-68
University Fellowship, American University,
1972-74
Simon Naidel Prize for best theory examinations,
1973-74
Fulbright Senior Lecturer, Peru, 1985-86
Manchester School Fellowship, University
of Manchester, Manchester England, spring semester 2000.
Visiting Scholar, James Madison University
Visiting Scholars Program, spring semester 2004.
Books
- Unorthodox Marxism, with Michael
Albert, South End Press, 1979. 379 p.
- Marxism and Socialist Theory,
with Michael Albert, South End Press, 1981. 303 p.
- Socialism Today and Tomorrow,
with Michael Albert, South End Press, 1981. 406 p.
- Liberating Theory, with Michael
Albert, Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Mel King, Lydia Sargent,
and Holly Sklar, South End Press, 1986. 197 p.
- Quiet Revolution in Welfare Economics,
with Michael Albert, Princeton University Press,
1990. 440 p.
- Looking Forward: Participatory Economics
for the Twenty First Century, with Michael Albert, South
End Press, 1991. 235 p. Turkish language edition published in
1994 as Gelecege Bakmak, by Ayrinti Yayinlari Press. 299 p.
- The Political Economy of Participatory
Economics, with Michael Albert, Princeton University Press,
1991. 132 p.
- Panic Rules! Everything You Need
to Know About the Global Economy, South End Press,
1999. 125 p. French language edition published in 2001 by Agone
Press.
- The ABCs of Political Economy: A
Modern Approach, Pluto Press, November 2002. 304 p.
- Economic Justice and Democracy: From
Competition to Cooperation, Routledge Press, February 2005.
420 p.
Book Chapters
- “A Ticket to Ride: New Locations
on the Class Map,” with Michael Albert in Between
Labor and Capital, John Walker, editor, South End Press,
1979. 27 p.
- “Participatory Planning,”
with Michael Albert, in Socialist Visions, Steve Shalom
editor, South End Press, 1983. 34 p.
- “A New Welfare Theory,” with
Michael Albert, in Human Well-Being and Economic Goals,
Frank Ackerman et. al. editors, Island Press, 1997. 11 p.
- “In Defense of Democratic Planning,”
in Capitalism, Socialism, and Radical Political Economy:
Essays in Honor of Howard J. Sherman, Robert Pollin editor,
Edward Elgar, 2000. 21 p.
- “Endogenous Preferences: The Institutionalist
Connection,” in Crossing the Mainstream: Ethical and
Methodological Issues in Economics, Amitava Krishna Dutt
and Kenneth P. Jameson editors, University of Notre Dame Press,
2001.32 p.
- "Participatory Planning," with
Michael Albert, in Socialism: Key Concepts in Social Theory,
Michael Howard editor, Humanity Books, 2001. 15 p.
- “The Influence of Edward Bellamy
on the Future Evolution of Participatory Economics,” 21
p. in Revisiting the Legacy of Edward Bellamy (1850-1898),
American Author and Social Reformer, Studies in American
Literature, Volume 54, Toby Widdicombe and Herman Preiser editors,
Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.
- "Amartya Sen: Late Twentieth Century's
Greatest Political Economists?" 32 p. in Understanding
Capitalism: Critical Perspectives, Past and Present, Doug
Dowd editor, Pluto Press, 2002.
Monographs
Social Justice in Political Economy,
Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1997. 23 p.
Refereed Articles
- “Income Distribution and the Business
Cycle: Three Conflicting Hypotheses,” with Howard Sherman,
Journal of Economic Issues, March 1982. 27 p.
- “The Rate of Profit Over the Business
Cycle,” with Howard Sherman, Cambridge Journal of
Economics, June 1982. 10 p.
- “Socialist Economics,” with
Michael Albert, Socialist Review, November-December
1987. 19 p.
- “Socialism As It Was Always Meant
to Be,” with Michael Albert, Review of Radical Political
Economics, Fall and Winter 1992. 22 p.
- “Participatory Planning,”
with Michael Albert, Science & Society, Spring
1992. 21 p.
- “Yes, Socialism Without Markets,”
with Michael Albert, Socialist Review, July 1992. 7
p.
- “Globalization: Beyond Reaction,
Thinking Ahead,” New Politics, Summer 2000. 13
p.
- "Imperialism, Human Rights, and
Protectionism," New Politics, Winter 2001. 10
p.
- “In Defense of Participatory Economics,”
with Michael Albert, Science & Society 66(1), Spring
2002. 15 p.
- “Reply to Comments by David Kotz
and John O’Neill,” with Michael Albert, Science
& Society 66(1), Spring 2002. 3 p.
- “Comment on David Kotz: 'Socialism
and Innovation,' ” with Michael Albert, Science &
Society 66(1), Spring 2002. 3 p.
- "Comment on John O'Neill: Socialist
Calculation and Environmental Valuation," with Michael
Albert, Science & Society 66(1), Spring 2002. 3
p.
Invited Articles
- “Revolutions in the East,”
with Michael Albert, Z Magazine, April 1990. 11 p.
- “Cuba Si?” with Michael Albert,
Z Magazine, October 1990. 3 p.
- “Internalizing Environmental Externalities,”
in Left Green Notes, December 1991. 8 p.
- “Cuba: Third World, Second World,
What World?” Z Magazine, September 1992. 8 p.
- "Desirable International Economic
Relations," with Michael Albert, Synthesis/Regeneration
6, Spring 1993. 7 p.
- “Why Participatory Economics?”
with Michael Albert, Z Papers, April 1994. 21 p.
- “Capitalist Globalism in Crisis
I: Boom and Bust,” Z Magazine, December 1998.
8 p.
- “Capitalist Globalism in Crisis
II: Understanding the Global Economic Crisis,” Z Magazine,
January 1999. 8 p.
- “Capitalist Globalism in Crisis
III: Understanding the IMF,” Z Magazine, February
1999. 8 p.
- “Capitalist Globalism in Crisis
IV: What to Want and What to Fear from Globalization,”
Z Magazine, March 1999. 6 p.
- “Capitalist Globalism in Crisis
V: Who is Proposing What, Why,” Z Magazine, April
1999. 7 p.
- “Going to Greet the WTO in Seattle”
Z Magazine, November 1999. 7 p.
- “China & the WTO” Z
Magazine, January 2000. 6 p.
- “The Thorny Issue of Labor Standards,”
Z Magazine, March 2000. 6 p.
- “What Might Work Look Like?”
with Cynthia Peters Dollars and Sense, December 2000.
5 p.
- “The Anti-Globalization Movement:
Speaking Truth to Power and to Ourselves,” Z Magazine,
June 2000. 7 p.
- “China and the WTO: The Right and
Wrong Reasons,” The Asia Pacific Advocate, Summer
2000. 4p.
- “Play It Again, Sam: Chad and Turkey,
the World Bank and IMF Are At It Again,” Z Magazine,
January 2001. 3p.
- “Imperialism, Human Rights, and
Protectionism,” Z Magazine, February 2001. 4
p.
- "Coming to Grips with Empire,"
The Tangent, 13, August 2003. 12 p.
- "Why Gasoline Should Be More Heavily
Taxed than Beer," The Enterprise Newspaper, December
17, 2003. 1 p.
- "Participatory Economics and the
Environment," Spring 2004, Synthesis/Regeneration,
no. 34. 6 p.
- "The Limits of Community Based Economics,"
Summer 2004, Greenpepper Magazine, vol. 1, no. 1. 3
p.
- "When Is Small Beautiful and When
Is Small Simply Small?" Fall 2004, Green Horizon Quarterly,
vol. 1, no. 3. 4 p.
Book Reviews
- Perestroika: New Thinking for
Our Country and the World, by Mikhail Gorbachev, Harper and
Row, 1987. Reviewed in Z Magazine, July 1988. 5 p.
- A Future for Socialism, by John
Roemer, Harvard University Press, 1994. Reviewed in Z Magazine,
June 1995. 6 p.
Accepted for Publication
- "Economic Justice," accepted
for publication, fall 2004, The Review of Radical Political
Economics.
- "Exploitation: A Modern Approach,"
accepted for publication, 2005, The Review of Radical Political
Economics.
Submitted for Publication
- “What the Coase Theorem Does and
Does Not Say,” submitted to the Atlantic Economic
Journal.
- “Listen Marketeer!” submitted
to the Journal of Economic Issues.
- "We Have Met the Enemy… and
He Is Us!" submitted to Harvard Magazine.
Invited Lectures and Media Appearances
Since 1995
- “The Importance of Endogenous Preferences,”
presented to the Political Economy Seminar at the University
of California at Riverside, CA, January 1995.
- “Is Participatory Planning Sufficiently
Libertarian?” presented to the Political Economy Seminar
at Columbia University, NY, December 1996.
- “Market Socialists versus Democratic
Planners: Can We Be Friends for Now?” presented to the
Political Economy Seminar at the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, MA, December 1997.
- “In Defense of Democratic Planning,”
presented at the conference in honor of the retirement of Professor
Howard Sherman, University of California at Riverside, CA, January
1999.
- “Replacing the Economics of Competition
and Greed with the Economics of Equitable Cooperation,”
Howard University Public Speaker Forum, Washington DC, April
1999.
- “Privatization of Government Services:
Pros and Cons,” Service Employees International Union,
Washington DC, October 1999.
- “Beyond Fighting the WTO in Seattle:
Replacing the Economics of Greed and Competition with the Economics
of Equitable Cooperation,” Evergreen State University,
WA December 1999.
- “The Case Against Corporate Sponsored
Globalization,” NPR Radio Interview in Madison WI, January
2000.
- “How Did Globalizations Unite Teamsters
and Turtles?” NPR Radio Interview in Los Angeles CA, Februrary
2000.
- “When Does Free Trade Yield Efficiency
Losses Not Gains?” BLS, Washington DC, January 2000.
- “Will International Labor Standards
Stop the ‘Race to the Bottom?’” Labor Party
Forum, Washington DC, February 2000.
- “What Really Caused the East Asian
Economic Crisis?” Montgomery County Gray Panthers, Silver
Spring MD, March 2000.
- “Panic Rules in International Finance,”
Guilford College, Greensboro NC, April 2000.
- “Free Trade is Good, Protectionism
is Bad. Not!” St. Mary’s College, MD, April 2000.
- “Globalization and Public Sector
Employees,” Executive Council of the American Federation
of Government Employees, Washington DC, June 2000.
- “Is Free Trade Fair Trade?”
A debate with Claude Barfield of American Enterprise Institute
at the University of Oklahoma College of Science and Arts, Chickasa
OK, November 2000.
- “Academia and Activism,”
American University, SIS Fireside Chat, November 2000.
- “Globalization and It's Discontents,”
University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD, November 2000.
- “Getting Serious About Economic
Justice,” National Conference on Organized Resistance,
at American University, January 2001.
- “Globalization From Below,”
KPFA Radio Interview, Berkeley CA, March 2001.
- "How Capital Liberalization Destroys
Developing Economies,," Washington Economic Policy Semester
Program, Washington DC, November 2001.
- "What Anti-Globalization Demonstrators
Want," Temple Baptist Church, Washington DC, November 2001.
- "Is Economic Justice Just Too Heavy
a Burden for Radical Economists to Bear?" ASSA Meetings,
Atlanta GA, January 6, 2002.
- "Why Participatory Economics?"
National Conference on Organized Resistance, at American University,
January 27, 2002.
- "A Progressive Conception of Economic
Justice: Rebuttal to Nozick and Rawls," Institute for Policy
Studies, Washington DC, April 8, 2002.
- "Building a Movement for the Long
Haul," National Student and Activist Conference on Globalization,
U.S. Militarism, and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine,
at American University, April 19, 2002.
- "The Negative Impact of the Financial
Sector on the Real Economy," on the Bob Connor's Show,
WTVN Radio, Columbus OH, July 24, 2002.
- "Neoliberal Financial Deregulation:
Creating an Accident Waiting to Happen," on the Richard
Kaffenberger Show, KAAA and KZZZ Radio, AZ, July 24, 2002.
- "The Financial Sector: The Tail
that Now Wags the Dog," on the Elizabeth Robinson Show,
KCSB Radio, Santa Barbara, CA, August 21, 2002.
- "Reform at the World Bank and IMF:
Change in Rhetoric but Not in Policy," at Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore MD, September 21, 2002.
- Interview about The ABCs of Political
Economy on KPFK Radio, Berkeley CA, November 8, 2002.
- "The Economics of Equitable Cooperation"
National Conference on Organized Resistance, at American University,
January 25, 2003.
- "Unjust War: The US Occupation of
Iraq," at American University forum on the Iraq War, March
26, 2003.
- "Modern Radical Political Economy,"
on WBAI Radio, New York, April 3, 2003.
- "New Lessons for the Labor Movement,"
on CJSF Radio, Vancouver Canada, May 1, 2003.
- "Explaining Exploitation: Transcending
Marx, Veblen, and Keynes," presented at the First Triennial
Conference of the International Confederation of Associations
for Pluralism in Economics, ICAPE: The Future of Heterodox Economics,
Kansas City MO, June 6, 2003.
- "Exercising the Right Not to be
Polluted in a Participatory Economy," presented to the
Anne Arundel Greens Chapter in Annapolis MD, July 8, 2003.
- "WTO Derailed in Cancun," on
CJSF Radio, Vancouver Canada, September 14, 2003.
- "Rise of the G-21," on WAOK
Radio, Atlanta GA, September 17, 2003.
- "Libertarian Socialism in the Twentieth
Century: What Went Wrong?" Lecture delivered at the A-Space
in Philadelphia sponsored by the Wooden Shoe Book Store, October
25, 2003.
- "Steel Tariffs and Free Trade,"
on the Chuck Harder Show, nationally syndicated AM Radio, November
14, 2003.
- "Neo-liberal Globalization in Crisis,"
on CFRO Radio, Vancouver BC, November 22, 2003.
- "The Promise and Perils of Consumer
Boycotts," on WEBZ Radio, Newton MA, November 29, 2003.
- "Participatory Economics and the
Environment," ASSA Meetings, January 3, 2004, San Diego.
- "Econ 101 for Radical Dummies,"
National Conference on Organized Resistance, at American University,
January 24, 2004.
- "Libertarian Socialism Revisited,"
National Conference on Organized Resistance, at American University,
January 25, 2004.
- "What Mainstream Economists Won't
Tell You About Globalization," lecture delivered for the
Visiting Scholars Program at James Madison University, Harrisonburg
VA, February 10, 2004.
- "A Citizen's First Duty: Prevent
Your Country From Doing Harm," lecture delivered at a celebration
of the renegade press sponsored by Boog City and The Tangent
held at the C-Note in New York City, February 19, 2004.
- "Participatory Economics: The Economics
of Equitable Cooperation," lecture delivered at Lafayette
College, Easton PA, February 20, 2004.
- "Participatory Economics and the
Anti-Globalization Movement," lecture deliverd at the University
of Baltimore, Baltimore MD, April 10, 2004.
- "Alternatives to Capitalism: Participatory
Economics," radio interview on the "Blunt Youth Radio
Group," WMPG, Portland, ME, July 26, 2004.
- "Economic Myths," lecture delivered
to the Monthly Review Magazine discussion group, Silver Spring
MD, September 19, 2004.
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